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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2005Our Home State is Now the Wild, Wild West!
Looks like we moved to MileHigh just in time.....between the 5 'canes last year and now this new law....check out http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-fforce24mar24,0,4336058. story?coll=sfla-home-headlines > Looks like we moved to MileHigh just in time.....between the 5 'canes last > year and now this new law....check out > > http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-fforce24mar24,0,4336058. story?coll=sfla-home-headlines I'm of mixed feelings here. If someone forced their way into my home or car, or if someone approached me in an aggressive/threatening fashion, I would neutralize the threat first, worry about the person's welfare later. I'm not about to get raped, maimed or killed because I toned down my response to a threatening situation. Laws in Colorado vary from city to city. An acquaintance of my husband's came home a week ago with his wife and child and found a puddle of blood in the house and his dog growling outside a closet. The man inside the closet was begging to be let out, which they did after they'd called the police and the police had arrived. Oddly enough, this is what the police said about liability: Because there was no "beware of dog" sign, the victims are not responsible for medical expenses. If there *had* been a sign, the victims would have been responsible. How messed up is that? I'm still wondering, though, if there will be repercussions in terms of bite records and "vicious dog" labellings because the dog defended her home. She's a deaf albino pit bull.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Laws in Colorado vary from city to city. An acquaintance of my husband's > came [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > She's > a deaf albino pit bull. Was the man in the closet an intruder, or a guest? Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG >> Laws in Colorado vary from city to city. An acquaintance of my husband's >> came home a week ago with his wife and child and found a puddle of blood in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Was the man in the closet an intruder, or a guest? Oh, sorry. It was an intruder. I thought the part about calling the police implied he wasn't welcome =P Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Looks like we moved to MileHigh just in time.....between the 5 >> 'canes last >> year and now this new law....check out http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-fforce24mar24,0,4336058. story?coll=sfla-home-headlines > I'm of mixed feelings here. If someone forced their way into my home > or car, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to a > threatening situation. I agree. And the article made it pretty clear they have to be in your home or vehicle, you can't just walk down the street and play High Noon. There are a *lot* of carjackings in Memphis (sad to say). While Memphis has no such law about defending yourself and your property, more often than not there are no charges filed against someone who is dragged out of their car (at gunpoint) if they retaliate. Jill Here in uk, if someone breaks into your house and injures themselves (for example you had a step in the stairs loose) they could sue the home owner! Recently, an 18 yr old collected over ?500,000 in damages because he fell from a warehouse roof at age 9. The award was made a while ago but earned interest while in trust. Apparantly it was all the fault of the silly warehouse owners who didn't have a secure enough fence to keep him out! Never mind that he shouldn't have gone up there anyhow. SignatureSandra > Here in uk, if someone breaks into your house and injures themselves (for > example you had a step in the stairs loose) they could sue the home owner! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > have a secure enough fence to keep him out! Never mind that he shouldn't > have gone up there anyhow. I *HATE* legislation that allows that - that's the reason we're all paying so much more both for physical products *and* insurance. Manufacturers and insurance companies are certainly not going to *eat* the cost of those type of lawsuits - the costs are passed along to the consumers! Hugs, CatNipped LOL...apparently the actual law (not the news report about it) was worded so that the senator who mentioned "threatening appearances" on city streets was not talking thru his hat. There are enough folks packing heat (no permits, no) on s.FL streets w/o this new wrinkle. And talk about the possible lawsuits! All I can think of is "try not to look threatening" - LOL; still glad we moved here in spite of hateful winter....yes, we are told just about every day how mild this winter is...it's all relative, ain't it? >> Here in uk, if someone breaks into your house and injures themselves (for >> example you had a step in the stairs loose) they could sue the home [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > CatNipped > > Apparantly it was all the fault of the silly warehouse owners who didn't > > have a secure enough fence to keep him out! Never mind that he shouldn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > insurance companies are certainly not going to *eat* the cost of those type > of lawsuits - the costs are passed along to the consumers! Me too. I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who are stupid and willfully take risks. Take a risk if you want to. Be prepared to pay the price, and shut up about it. regardless of the law, anyone who would break into my home/vehicle and threaten me, DP, and/or my cats, is going to have an unpleasant introduction to 1. my security baton 2. my ceremonial sword 3. my butcher knife and/or 4. my fists. I am a warrior, and I will protect myself and my family first and foremost until the threat is no longer a threat. If the intruder doesn't wise up and leave, s/he will get what's coming to him/her. I would much rather be in jail knowing DP is safe than free but having lost him to some attacker. --Fil >Here in uk, if someone breaks into your house and injures themselves (for >example you had a step in the stairs loose) they could sue the home owner! [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >have a secure enough fence to keep him out! Never mind that he shouldn't >have gone up there anyhow. There was a case at a Boy Scout camp in Michigan a number of years ago where a boy fell out of a tree. The camp ranger had told him to stay out of the tree and the Scoutmaster had told him to stay out of the tree, but you know hard headed kids. He had to show the adults that he knew better than they did. Needless to say, he fell out of the tree and was seriously injured. His parents sued the Scout camp, the Scout council, the Camp Ranger, and the Scoutmaster, and collected several hundred thousand dollars because they had never taught their son to be respectful and listen to the adults in charge. Nan
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